Rapper A$AP Rocky appeared in court on Wednesday and invoked his Fifth Amendment right to silence after being asked if he had discussed the case with his lawyers. The decision comes after three weeks of trial and ahead of closing arguments scheduled for Thursday morning. Rocky faces up to 24 years in prison if convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
Rapper A$AP Rocky arrives at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. The 36-year-old hip-hop star said “Absolutely, your honor” when asked by Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold if he had discussed the issue with his lawyers, and said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right to silence.He left the courthouse a few hours later, after jurors received instructions from the judge.
Tacopina said before the trial that Rocky was “eager to tell his story. He would love the opportunity to do so," but subjecting a defendant to a difficult cross-examination is often a major gamble in criminal cases. He would most likely have faced a long and combative cross-examination from Deputy District Attorney John Lewin. In his most famous case, Lewin kept real estate heir Robert Durst on the stand for nine days of relentless questioning before he was convicted of murder.
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